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Alumni Association

Career Growth Through An Alumni Network

Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.

Alumni Association

Mike Griffin Takes the Lead

Mike Griffin prepares to take on the role of president of the UT Alumni Association.

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Alumni Association

UTAA Recognizes Outstanding Faculty

Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.

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Alumni Association

Women Philanthropists Award Grants

This year, the alliance has approved five projects for a total of $40,854 in support for the 2024-2025 Giving Circle Grant cycle.

UT System President Randy Boyd at an agricultural research and education center.
From the President

Growing for Tennessee

Growth is about impact—harnessing the power of education, research and outreach to address our state’s most pressing challenges.

Virginia Pearl Moore, UT Extension's first home demonstration agent.
Historically Speaking

UT Extension’s Virginia Pearl Moore

UT Extension’s first home demonstration agent, Virginia Pearl Moore, touched the lives of countless young women in Tennessee.

The Last Word

Growing Communities

Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.

David Sholl wearing a blue dress shirt, standing in front of a mural wall with imagery of research in action.
News and Updates

Scholl Selected as UT-ORII Executive Director

In April, David Sholl was named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute.

A crowd of attendees fill the Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center.
News and Updates

UTK tops Attendance Records

UT Knoxville topped national attendance records across football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball events during the 2023-24 season.

UT Chattanooga's McKenzie Arena filled with graduating students during the spring 2024 commencement ceremony.
News and Updates

UTC’s Roundhouse Rocked Commencement

For the first time since 2019, commencement ceremonies at UT Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena were held without restraints.

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News and Updates

UTS Seniors Leave Lasting Legacy

On graduation day at UT Southern, 56 seniors donned red and orange cords showing they participated in the Senior Giving Program.

Six aero engineering students stand for a photo holding up their red and blue electric motor-propelled aircraft.
News and Updates

UTM Aero Team Shines

The UT Martin aero engineering team took fifth place at the 2023-24 Society of Automotive Engineers Aero Design Competition.

A student using an iPad to make a donation at a UTHSC Giving Day table run by three female workers.
News and Updates

UTHSC Giving Day Surpasses Donor Goal

The fourth annual UT Health Science Center Giving Day surpassed the goal of 1,000 donors in 24 hours.

UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Paul J. Plummer.
News and Updates

Alumnus Returns as UTCVM Dean

UT graduate Paul J. Plummer returns to the university as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Rev. Paul Middlebrook speaks to a room of people attending the Tennessee Government Professionals Institute.
News and Updates

TPGI Graduates Sharpen Their Leadership Skills

55 state employees recently graduated from the Tennessee Government Professionals Institute, an initiative for emerging leaders by the Naifeh Center.

Lonnie Bedwell ascends the Khumbu Icefall with the help of a fixed line on his way to Camp I.
Feature

Heaven’s Peak

UTK alumnus helps guide a blind hiker to the summit of Mount Everest.

Feature

Lost and Found

CTAS Criminal Justice Consultant Derrick Woods used drones to locate a missing teenager.

Feature

Ukrainian Students Find Refuge

For graduate students Nina Klimenkova and Arsen Martyshchuk, UT Chattanooga has been a literal refuge.

First responders learn about grain bin safety and rescue through a partnership with Tennessee AgrAbility at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center.
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A Tale of Caution

Tragedies of grain bin accidents reinforce safety procedures and rescue training.

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A Sacred Space

UT Southern children's literature conference continues teacher's love of students.

Richard Walker exploring an underwater cave system.
Feature

Diving into Medicine

UTHSC physician Dr. Richard Walker is the most interesting guy in the E.R.

Feature

Ink in the Blood

UT Martin alumnus Daniel Richardson enjoys the challenge of small-town newspapers.

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Teaching the Whole Child

The UTK Center for Literacy, Education and Employment works to increase literacy in students with disabilities.